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[-] mlg@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago

I don't understand why criticizing Biden implies you support Trump.

If you're gonna tell me to vote for the arguably lesser evil, you better believe I'm gonna complain about the results anyway lol.

[-] aberrate_junior_beatnik@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

Amazing that this is getting downvoted. This is just the plain truth of the situation.

[-] DmMacniel@feddit.de 32 points 11 months ago

probably because it isn't news but an opinion piece.

[-] agitatedpotato@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 11 months ago

How many other opinion pieces get downvoted like this? I don't think it's that it's an opinion peice. I think it's an opinion many don't want to hear.

[-] Hyperreality@kbin.social -2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

An opinion piece in what is widely regarded as an outlet for the Muslim Brotherhood and pro-Hamas:

Saudi Arabia has accused MEE of being a news outlet funded by Qatar (both directly and indirectly). On 22 June 2017, during the Qatar diplomatic crisis, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Egypt, and Bahrain, as part of a list of 13 demands, demanded that Qatar close Middle East Eye, which they saw as sympathetic to the Muslim Brotherhood and a Qatari-funded and aligned outlet ... On 20 October 2022, MEE cut ties with Palestinian journalist Shatha Hammad after it was discovered that she made a Facebook post in 2014 which praised Adolf Hitler for "sharing the same ideology" and the Holocaust. ... Commentator Ibrahim Alkhamis writing in the Saudi newspaper Arab News claimed that the MEE of propagating rumours and fabrications regarding the Qatar's state enemies such as Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Egypt, while being silent on the misdeeds of Qatars on the members of its royal family and said MEE functions as an "extension to Al Jazeera" without being accused as a state-owned news outlet

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East_Eye

[-] zerfuffle@lemmy.ml 6 points 11 months ago

Didn't Khashoggi write for MEE? I sure wonder why Saudi Arabia wouldn't like MEE...

[-] Narrrz@kbin.social 10 points 11 months ago

Obama was all into war crimes in the middle east too, so I can't pretend I'm surprised.

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 months ago

Who's fooled?

[-] davel@lemmy.ml 6 points 11 months ago

Sorry sweaty but this truth is too inconvenient for libs of lemmy.ml. lemmygrad.ml & hexbear.net would be more receptive.

[-] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 23 points 11 months ago

We're still federated here somehow so we can boost it.

Biden is supporting genocide folks that's all there is too it. It's undeniable

[-] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 0 points 11 months ago

How are you all still here? Haha

[-] slurpeesoforion@startrek.website 11 points 11 months ago

I hope sweaty instead of sweety is the new parlance.

[-] batcheck@beehaw.org 3 points 11 months ago

I identify strongly as a Democrat. I have no ill feelings towards the Jewish community. I hate not calling a spade a spade here. I suspect there are some big Jewish donors on the democratic side. Also, we don’t want to lose access to the Israeli tech stack on the surveillance side. So if those are the reasons we are letting Israel essentially eradicate a group of people, then say that to the American people. Let the people decide if we are morally fine with that.

This conflict is complex. But Palestinians were painted into a corner and they truly waited a long time pleading their case to the West with how Israel has been handling them. We did nothing and now we are surprised they went to extremes to fight for their rights and lives.

No one has the moral high ground here. Hamas did something horrible. The response though is highly disproportional. I can’t come up with another scenario where we would be so accepting of this massacre. Native Americans in the US are still treated poorly. If they kidnapped and killed a bunch of none Native Americans that would not justify eradicating them. Then why are we fine with it when it comes to Israel and Gaza?

[-] zerfuffle@lemmy.ml 17 points 11 months ago

Hamas only exists because of Israel. They are only radicalized because of the IDF.

The US did the same thing to the Native Americans and supported the South African apartheid regime, so it's no surprise they support colonialism and apartheid here.

[-] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Ah a lib who hasn't been scratched yet. Looking forward to further opinions.

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml -1 points 11 months ago

This is a false narrative, and Norm Finkelstein just did a great interview explaining just how absurd it is to try and use both sides argument here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeO9jGxnbbs

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[-] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Just finished listening to August Nimtz on Upstream podcast. He explains why voting for the lesser evil will always push you further right.

[-] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

It pushed me further left. So… fuck that noise.

[-] slurpeesoforion@startrek.website 3 points 11 months ago

As we stray further and further from god's love (tm). \m/

[-] tsonfeir@lemm.ee -1 points 11 months ago
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